Fresh off a 10-9 win at Georgetown, the Hobart College lacrosse team heads to Buffalo on Tuesday, March 15, to take on Canisius College in a non-conference game that will be televised by Time Warner Cable Sports Channel. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Fans should check their local listings for channel and replay information.
 
On the radio, the game can be heard live in Geneva on WEOS-FM (89.5/90.3).
 
The Statesmen (3-3) are looking for back-to-back wins for the first time this season. Junior attackmen Frank Brown and Sean Donnelly lead the offense. Brown has team-highs of 14 goals and 17 points while Donnelly adds six goals and a team-best six assists. Sophomore faceoff specialist J Andrew Spallanzani has won 60 percent of his restarts (18th in the country) and sports a team-high 21 ground balls. Junior defenseman Arik Andreen is Hobart's top takeaway man with eight caused turnovers. In goal, junior Jackson Brown has a 9.68 goals against average and a .482 save percentage.
 
Canisius (1-1) lost its season opener at home to now nationally ranked Boston University 10-8 and beat Vermont 11-6 in a neutral site game in Oshawa, Ontario. Junior midfielder Jeff Edwards and sophomore attackman Connor Kearnan share the team lead with six points apiece. Edwards has a team-high four goals, while Kearnan sports a team-best three assists. Sophomore Steven Coss has taken a majority of the team's faceoffs, winning 35 percent (10-29). Coss and Edwards are tops on the team in ground balls with six each. Senior defenseman Brendan Barren has five ground balls and a team-high five caused turnovers. Sophomore goalie Liam Ganzhorn started against the Terriers and has a .565 save percentage and a 10.00 GAA. Jeff Wilson got the nod against the Catamounts and sports a .500 save percentage and a 6.00 GAA.
 
This will be the 17th meeting between the I-90 rivals in a series that began in 1995. The Statesmen have won 15 of the previous 16 contests, including each of the past five meetings. Hobart is 6-1 at the Demske Sports Complex.